The mission of West Hills High School is to graduate critical thinkers and problem-solvers who contribute positively to society as productive, responsible citizens.
Activities for the week:
Monday: Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday: No school
Tuesday: Regular Day: Literacy Team, E8, working with Lin Kuzmich, 8 a.m.
Wednesday: Regular Day
Thursday: Regular Day: Dept. Chair and Leadership Team meeting; E8, 2:00 p.m.
Friday: Regular Day:
For your engagement and attention our Faculty and Staff PLC meeting last Monday. We discussed many items and were able to hear from colleagues on a variety of topics.
**Reminder: Multi-Cultural Fair contacts: Jodi Kohler and Dan Sutton
If you are a Club Adviser with a group of students wanting to participate, please support them and help them to have an interactive student experience booth. Also please be willing to take a sub day and be with them on the day of the fair.
***All are welcome to our Literacy Team work and our day with Lin Kuzmich on Tuesday, 1/21/20. It's not too late to join us--order your sub online and we'll see you Tuesday in E-8 starting at 8 a.m.
Here is the CommonLit.org information discussed in our meeting for teachers if helpful:
Common Lit online FREE resource for literacy; Data tools built in that allows teachers to target specific skills and holistic reporting to teachers regarding results PLUS areas to work on for students. Syncs to google classroom; Has both fiction and non-fiction text; Similar to Actively Learn but just another literacy option.
Wednesday, January 29: lunch and into per.6: Faculty and Staff "Souper Bowl". Please see email "shared" document or this link for more info. We hope you will join us!
January 27-31: Great Kindness Week: West Hills will be participating in this national week. List of ASB sponsored Activities for the Week. We can all use a little more kindness in our lives! We will be encouraging social media postings of our kindness as well as whole school opportunities. We want to start 2020 off with continuing kindness and good will. Here's a short video to help explain it...
****NEW ADDITION: "Waking Up Courage" Assembly January 31 (Double Assembly Schedule)** All students and staff are asked to attend one of the two Assemblies and to actively participate. More information coming via email.
Monday, February 10: President Lincoln's Birthday: No School
Friday, February 14: Minimum Day; First Progress Report
Monday, February 17: President's Day: No School
Wednesday, February 19: Freshman Showcase, 5:30 p.m. Please SHARE the flyer with anyone who might be interested in West Hills. Feel free to POST IT to Social Media. Our enrollment is low and we WELCOME any and all students and families interested in West Hills. Any and all staff are welcome to open their classrooms and be welcoming ambassadors this night!
Wednesday, February 19: Freshman Showcase, 5:30 p.m. Please SHARE the flyer with anyone who might be interested in West Hills. Feel free to POST IT to Social Media. Our enrollment is low and we WELCOME any and all students and families interested in West Hills. Any and all staff are welcome to open their classrooms and be welcoming ambassadors this night!
Wednesday, February 26: Airbands Talent Show in Theatre--it's not too late to join in! Contact Debra Heeb in World Language for any questions. All staff emails have gone out as well.
- Theme: West Hills Goes to the Movies
Friday, March 6: PACK DAY (Parents at Class with Kids Day)--minimum day schedule
Freshman Showcase 2020
Wednesday, February 19 starting at 5:30 p.m.
Reminder: Here is our BEST CHANCE at ATTRACTING students
to our school! We want as many programs and people
on campus this night welcoming parents and prospective students!
Please JOIN US!!
Resource Snack Time: What is a Discovery Search (bit.ly/rst-discovery) - GUHSD is launching a new "Discovery Search" tool for searching across online library databases. Access this week’s Resource Snack Time to learn more about how a discovery search functions, and as always, just contact Suzanne (ssannwald@guhsd.net) for any help using online databases and finding information.
GUHSD & EBSCO Online Database Enhancements Fall 2019 - If you are a power user who uses online databases frequently with students, this is a more in-depth update for staff regarding all the updates (including the discovery search setup) that have been made to EBSCO this past fall.
Books You Loved When You Were Little(r) - You still have time to participate in this “for fun” survey. It’s been awesome to see the responses that we’ve gotten. For instance, Mr. Goodman shared a book he remembers being read aloud to him: Poems for Young Children, which was read to him by his mother. He even found it and emailed a photo! If any others out there get nostalgic and want to share photos of old favorite books to be included in library social media posts in February, you can email them to Suzanne.
